Escaping Riga

Escaping Riga (2014)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2014-04-01
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Language: Latviešu
  • Production Company: Mistrus Media
  • Production Country: Latvia
  • Director: Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
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Summary

The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.

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  • Gustavs Briedis

    as young Berlin
  • Gints Grūbe

    as Sir Isiah Berlin
  • Mihails Karasikovs

    as Sergei Eisenstein
  • Viktors Puglejevs

    as young Eisenstein
  • Mārtiņš Počs

    as young Eisenstein #2
  • Lauma Balode

    as Eisenstein's dream woman
  • Anna Heinrihsone

    as
  • Robert Cottrel

    as
  • Artūrs Kondrāts

    as
  • Māris Pūris

    as
  • Leo Hiršsons

    as
  • Agris Māsēns

    as
  • Anna Šteina

    as
Directing Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Director
Writing Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Writer
Editing Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Editor
Camera Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Director of Photography
Writing Uldis Tīrons Writer
Camera Andrejs Rudzāts Director of Photography
Camera Valdis Celmiņš Director of Photography
Art Kristīne Plūksna Art Direction
Art Ieva Romanova Art Direction
Sound Kārlis Auzāns Music
Sound Ernests Ansons Sound Director
Editing Andra Doršs Editor
Production Gints Grūbe Producer

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